Originally Posted by
DJB2
I’ve read most of this thread and I still don’t know where I stand. I have a return ticket from JED-DOH-MAD with Qatar. The JED-DOH and DOH-JED are labelled as First whereas the DOH-MAD and MAD-DOH are Business. The JED-DOH only offers First with no Business class available so I guess that it is a ‘free’ upgrade.
Qatar on line chat says that I’ll need to pay to access Al Safwa but there seem to be a lot of examples of obtaining admittance with a First boarding card (which I will have in both directions).
I’m going to try my luck anyway but what are my chances?
On many regional flights, such as DOH-JED, Business class is sold as First Class.
You should get Al Safwa access both ways albeit on the JED-DOH-MAD way it’s only thanks to a new rule that QR can change at anytime.